Kidney-strengthening place.
Python-coiling place.
Hokage.
Konoha, Senju Clan Land.
Following the Senju Village Integration Plan, very few Senju clansmen remained here, and it could be said that the symbolic significance of the Senju Clan Land outweighed its practical use.
Yet a teenager wearing a loose short-sleeved shirt and shorts, with the Uchiha Gunbai printed on the back of his clothes, was leisurely sunbathing.
A member of the Uchiha Clan.
Sunbathing in the Senju Clan?
Kurenai Yuhi had long since grown used to it. As Akira was a descendant of the union between the Senju and Uchiha clans, sunbathing in the Senju Clan... seemed to be just fine?
"Akira, I'm begging you. As long as you help me improve my illusion technique, I'll agree to anything you ask."
Kurenai blinked, her ruby-like eyes filled with entreaty.
"Kurenai, I've said it many times, I'm really not good at illusion techniques."
Akira held a piece of dogtail grass in his mouth, gazing up at the sky. Damn it, who on earth had spread the rumor that he was good at illusion techniques, causing so many Konoha shinobi to come and ask him for guidance? Did they really think he had no temper, or what?!
[Ding! Detected a shinobi asking Lord Hashirama for guidance on illusion techniques; issuing mission: Teach Kurenai Yuhi illusion techniques!]
[As the First Hokage who founded the ninja village, how can you refuse a Konoha shinobi's desire to improve their strength? Please, Lord Hashirama, help Kurenai Yuhi!]
[Mission reward: Sage Mode!]
Tsk.
Akira smacked his lips. He really didn't have a temper.
The matter went back fifteen years. Back then, he was still a twenty-year-old, vibrant, and ambitious young man. Everyone had times when their luck was more or less decent, and Akira was no exception—he hit the "jackpot."
A jackpot delivery truck.
Then Akira arrived in the world of Naruto, transmigrating as an Uchiha clansman. But the problem was, he was an Uchiha—why the hell did the system give him a Hashirama Senju template?!
It made him look a lot like a spy!
"Sys, you're really living it up now, aren't you?"
Uchiha Akira looked surprised: "You can actually issue high-level missions like Sage Mode now."
Previous mission rewards had all been basic ninjutsu of the Earth Release and Water Release variety.
Since he had transmigrated, who still messed around with bromance?
Looking at the pitiful-looking Kurenai Yuhi before him, Akira sized her up and said, "It's not entirely out of the question."
"I knew it! Among the Uchiha Clan members who haven't awakened their Sharingan, your illusion technique strength is the highest, Akira!"
Kurenai's eyes were filled with joy.
Akira's mouth twitched. He was this close to slamming his hands together and angrily manifesting a wooden giant!
"Kurenai, if you don't know how to speak, then go put it on the spinning wheel-- uh, I mean, just donate it!"
Without the Sharingan, what the hell could he do?
The system gave him a Hashirama template!
Was it playing word games with him?
Uchiha Akira changed the subject: "However, really... anything is fine? Kurenai, actually there's one thing I've always wanted to do to you."
"Huh?"
Seeing the look in Akira's eyes, Kurenai suddenly realized something and panicked a bit: "Um, um, actually I, I'm just..."
No way.
No way!
She wasn't ready to start dating yet!
"Kurenai..." Uchiha Akira's handsome face drew closer and closer until Kurenai slowly closed her eyes, and a warm breath brushed against her ear: "Do you have any other friends around you who want to make progress?"
"Huh?"
Kurenai opened her eyes, her pretty face as red as peach blossoms in March: "Akira, you idiot!"
"Hehehe."
A smile curved the corners of Akira's mouth. Trying to play games with him!
"Actually, illusion techniques aren't difficult. Kurenai, I'll demonstrate one for you."
As for illusion techniques, Akira originally knew them without mastering them deeply, but later the system gave him a ninjutsu.
Bringer-of-Darkness Technique.
A powerful illusion technique targeted specifically at the Uchiha Clan.
[Bringer-of-Darkness Technique: A powerful A-rank ninjutsu, a potent illusion technique that even the Three Tomoe Sharingan cannot see through. Please, Lord Hashirama, use this to wipe out the evil Uchiha Clan!]
Akira had thus become an illusion master, understanding all aspects of illusion techniques through a single connection.
"Bringer-of-Darkness Technique!"
As Akira's words fell, everything before Kurenai's eyes was suddenly swallowed by darkness, as if she had become blind.
Akira's voice followed closely: "Illusion techniques are ninjutsu that create illusions by interfering with an enemy's five senses. Kurenai, practicing illusion techniques involves thinking more about how to disrupt other sensory organs. The pinnacle of illusion techniques is terrifying."
The darkness vanished.
Yet that omnipresent darkness from just a moment ago, along with the lingering panic deep in her heart, could not be dispelled for a time.
While still feeling a lingering fear, Kurenai couldn't help asking out of curiosity: "What is the pinnacle of illusion techniques?"
"Controlling everything about the enemy. The pinnacle of illusion techniques is no inferior to ninjutsu. This is the illusion technique element of the Darkness Element Technique I summarized; you can take a look."
Take the Infinite Tsukuyomi, for example.
The entire ninja world was under the control of an illusion. Akira tossed out a scroll.
"Really?! Akira, can you teach me?" No illusion-type shinobi could resist the temptation to surpass ninjutsu shinobi, and Kurenai was no exception. She leaned her upper body forward, quite substantial in scale, and the Bringer-of-Darkness Technique in her hand didn't seem so appealing anymore.
Mm.
Big C.
A weight that was already sufficiently impressive.
[Ding! Mission complete! Lord Hashirama successfully fulfilled the duties of an outstanding Hokage, and Konoha's shinobi have grown stronger!]
[Mission reward: Sage Mode!]
Are you kidding me? The mission was already completed, and she still wanted to freeload?
Akira glanced at the expanse of snowy white and said unhurriedly, "That's a separate price!"
He lazily lay back down and checked the system panel.
[Guard the Senju: As the head of the Senju Clan, guarding the bloodline of the Senju Clan is only natural. Please, Lord Hashirama, garrison at the Senju Clan. The longer the garrison time, the more generous the mission rewards!]
[Ding! Claim countdown: 3 days! (One-year reward)]
That's right.
He didn't just have random missions; he also had check-in missions. The longer he garrisoned at the Senju Clan, the richer the rewards he could claim.
This was also the reason he came to the Senju Clan whenever he had free time.
"But, Akira, you mentioned earlier about shinobi who want to make progress... actually, there really is one."
Kurenai thought of an excellent candidate: "Asuma Sarutobi!"
The corners of her mouth curled up: "That guy goes on every single day about getting stronger and wanting to surpass the Third Hokage. He'll never let go of any chance to grow stronger!"
Ah.
It was Asuma.
A bearded, rugged male face surfaced in Akira's mind.
He gave Kurenai a profound and searching look. If he remembered correctly, in the original story, Kurenai and Asuma were a couple, right?
If Asuma found out that Kurenai had been willing to agree to any condition just to make progress...
He didn't dare to imagine what Asuma would do.
"Let's rest for now and talk about it in three days."
Akira felt there was no need to rush.
He would wait until he had claimed his reward first.
Besides.
Having an Uchiha teach the Third Hokage's son.
Tsk.
Did he think the current conflict between the Uchiha and Konoha wasn't deep enough?
Or did he think Danzo didn't have enough reason to make a move against the Uchiha Clan?
[Ding! Detected a shinobi requesting Lord Hashirama! Issuing mission: Kurenai Yuhi's Request!]
[The poor Asuma Sarutobi has always lived in the shadow of the Third Hokage. Huh, isn't Lord Hashirama the First Hokage? What happened? Why does the village already have a Third Hokage? Never mind, Lord Hashirama is the strongest! Please, Lord Hashirama, teach Asuma Sarutobi to get stronger!]
[Mission reward: Wood Release: Wood Dragon Technique!]
Akira's expression turned serious, and his voice was resolute: "To help comrades of the village, I, the Uchiha Clan, are duty-bound!"
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